Eircom ping times

conjamuk

I ordered eircom 2 meg does anyone know what the average ping time is and is there much packet loss?

Unwelcome

dunno... probably about 100. if so then its enough for playing cs:source on local, UK and neighbor country servers ; )

Gonzo

ping time on eircom is about 20ms to uk servers and 10ms to irish servers.

AlmightyCushion

I'm on the 2Mb in Sligo and I just pinged boards there. It averaged at 29ms.

tuxy

I can only assume that the op was taking about ping times to Mongolia and I'm afraid the news is not good.
Here is a ping I did to a Mongolian university

Reply from 202.207.0.11: bytes=32 time=646ms TTL=234
Request timed out.
Reply from 202.207.0.11: bytes=32 time=657ms TTL=234
Reply from 202.207.0.11: bytes=32 time=643ms TTL=234

Ping statistics for 202.207.0.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 643ms, Maximum = 657ms, Average = 648ms

Average of 648 ms and 25% packet loss.
I do hope Eircom will sort this out in future.

conjamuk

The landline is brand new will that give better pings :pac:

zonEEE

isnt 20 ping good enough?

towel401

tuxy wrote: »

I can only assume that the op was taking about ping times to Mongolia and I'm afraid the news is not good.
Here is a ping I did to a Mongolian university

Reply from 202.207.0.11: bytes=32 time=646ms TTL=234
Request timed out.
Reply from 202.207.0.11: bytes=32 time=657ms TTL=234
Reply from 202.207.0.11: bytes=32 time=643ms TTL=234

Ping statistics for 202.207.0.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 643ms, Maximum = 657ms, Average = 648ms

Average of 648 ms and 25% packet loss.
I do hope Eircom will sort this out in future.

there isn't much they can do about it. i remember 300ms pings to korea in '06

I pinged a person with satellite internet once and got over 1 second if you pinged a satellite phone you will get even higher pings

towel401

conjamuk wrote: »

The landline is brand new will that give better pings :pac:

wont help much. compared to an old landline connecting at the right speed. maybe somewhat less packet loss but you probably wont notice

dub45

Sorry have never paid much attention to pings as never a game player but just curious how much input has an isp to the ping?

conjamuk

dub45 wrote: »

Sorry have never paid much attention to pings as never a game player but just curious how much input has an isp to the ping?

Not much they would put more attention on speed although i suppose most dsl products would have generally good pings.

311

What are you lads using for getting the ping.

I've just been reading the stats from speedtest.net

AlmightyCushion

Start > run. Type cmd into the box and hit enter. Then just type "ping www.boards.ie" without the quotes.

311

three lines came up ,13ms ,14ms ,15ms

Jebus ,i didn't think my line was that clean

Could that be right?

Edit : BBC.CO.UK is 26ms average

Thanks AMC

bigpaddy2004

311 wrote: »

three lines came up ,13ms ,14ms ,15ms

Jebus ,i didn't think my line was that clean

Could that be right?

put a "-t" after the "ping www.boards.ie" and let it run for a few minutes. Then hit CTRL and C and see what your packet loss is then under the "ping stastics".

311

average of about 14MS and the TTL=61 with the -T left running.

bigpaddy2004

311 wrote: »

average of about 14MS and the TTL=61 with the -T left running.

when you press the CTRL and C key together it whould stop the ping test. Then you will see "Lost = 0" or whatever loss you are experiencing.

311

Sheizers ,I didn't see anything . I must run it again

Thanks by the way.

Edit ,I just ran a quick one and the screen closes completely. I think maybe it's because I've ran it as a run command.

Shelling the old fashioned way ,should mean just a page break.

conjamuk

Whats it like on xbox live with a 14 ms ping

311

0% Loss and 14ms average.

I'm chuffed to know this ,nice one.

Gonzo

conjamuk wrote: »

Whats it like on xbox live with a 14 ms ping

low pings on eircom doesnt mean low pings on xbox live, half the time ur connected to some guy in america hosting halo3 with a ping well over 300. Low ping gaming is mainly only on the pc environment.